The day has come when everyone wondered the need of Google Buzz after the very successful (?) launch of Facebook killer – Google+. In a few weeks from now, Google is going to shutdown Google Buzz and some other sleeping products. In an official post from Google, the company announced that it will be shutting down several services including Google Buzz, Code Search, Jaiku, iGoogle’s social features, University Research Program for Google Search in coming months. ...

After an extremely months of waiting, my iPhone 4S finally got into my hands this morning. I was so excited to stand in the Apple fanboy line to grab the device this morning! I greeted and rushed to get this cute little gorgeous opened!! Stay tuned, I have much more iPhone 4(Steve) content to come! ...

Do you ever even wonder how the consistent style of Steve Jobs’ black mock turtleneck uniform emerged? Before he died, Steve himself explained to biographer Walter Isaacson. This official biography is set to release on October 24th. The author Isaacson sent the real story behind the black turtleneck uniform to Gawker: On a trip to Japan in the early 1980s, Jobs asked Sony’s chairman Akio Morita why everyone in the company’s factories wore uniforms. He told Jobs that after the war, no one had any clothes, and companies like Sony had to give their workers something to wear each day. Over the years, the uniforms developed their own signatures styles, especially at companies such as Sony, and it became a way of bonding workers to the company. “I decided that I wanted that type of bonding for Apple,” Jobs recalled. ...

Oracle has developed an array of cloud computing services, but remains behind rivals Amazon and Salesforce. And now, the cat is now out of the bag here at JavaOne/OpenWorld. Oracle Public Cloud is here. This Oracle cloud is complete with an Oracle Database service, a Java PaaS service, Fusion HCM and CRM apps, and even a social network. The Oracle Public Cloud service is a monthly subscription service versus pay-as-you-go from its rivals. This service can put direct competition with other cloud offerings including Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud, the Rackspace Cloud Computing service, and Salesforce.com’s Force.com service. ...

Do you really believe copycat Samsung? We had many instances in the past over plagiarism and several harassments. Here is the proof ..! [via]

According to a report published by Deadline, Sony Pictures is all set to acquire the official rights to Walter Isaacson’s official Steve Jobs biography and make a movie out of it. This deal is around $1 million against $3 million. This official biography was supposed to be published on November 21st but now the release date has moved up to October 24th. And now, the Steve Jobs movie based on this biography could be an interesting out of the amazing story of the legend. ...

It’s a sad day. The world has lost an amazing human being. Steve Jobs has passed away at 56. There is nothing I can write at this point of time in this post. I can only recollect those inspiring quotes. Some statements from other legends about this great icon a while ago: Barack Obama (President, United States of America) Michelle and I are saddened to learn of the passing of Steve Jobs. Steve was among the greatest of American innovators – brave enough to think differently, bold enough to believe he could change the world, and talented enough to do it. ...

Apple posted some sample shots taken using the iPhone 4S’ powerful camera which was announced yesterday. In the official Apple’s website, Apple states that these photos are unretouched which means that they weren’t altered with any photo editing software after being taken. According to Apple, this 8 megapixels and all-new optics camera might be the best camera ever on a mobile phone. Needless to say, these pictures are absolutely stunning. A real competitor to DSLR camera? ...

Well, its official. Apple’s new iPhone 4S will be available from October 14th, though you can pre-order from this Friday (October 7). This new device will first be available in the US, Canada, Australia, UK, France, Germany and Japan. On the top of A5 processing speed increase, this phone actually rivals 4G speeds when in terms of downloads. Some key features - -A5 chip -Wireless system – It can intelligently switch between two antennas between send and receive to make even better call quality ...

A major security hole found in some HTC Android phones which could give apps with Internet permissions to information like user’s location and their text messages. In fact, this could happen with any third-party application. Some of the devices in this category identified as of now include EVO 3D, 4G, Thunderbolt, EVO Shift 4G, MyTouch 4G Slide, etc. The list could increase on further research. After a quite extensive research, Android Police has discovered a suite of logging tools called HTCLoggers which were added to some HTC devices during a recent software update. This HTCLoggers.apk has root-level access. Any app on affected devices that requests a single android.permission.INTERNET which is normal for any app that connects to Internet can get its hands on the following - ...